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Great SABR Quotes

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Ernie Harwell, the late Detroit Tigers broadcaster, said: ôSABR is the Phi Beta Kappa of baseball, providing scholarship which the sport has long needed. ... An excellent way for all of us to add to our enjoyment of the greatest game."

‎"Basically, everything you know about baseball when you are fourteen years old, you know from baseball announcers. Here was this guy who was telling me that at least eighty percent of what baseball announcers told me was complete ********, and then explained very convincingly why it was."
-Voros McCracken talking about Bill James writings

"Let's try to find ten good things to say about Albert Belle:
10. So far as we know, he's never killed anyone.
9. He is handsome, and built like a God.
8. He played every game.
7. He has never appeared on the Jerry Springer Show.
6. He was an underrated base runner who was rarely caught stealing.
5. He hasn't been arrested in several years.
4. He is very bright.
3. He works hard.
2. He has never spoken favorably about Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, or any other foreign madman.
1. The man could hit."
— Bill James

‎"Basically, everything you know about baseball when you are fourteen years old, you know from baseball announcers. Here was this guy who was telling me that at least eighty percent of what baseball announcers told me was complete ********, and then explained very convincingly why it was."
-Voros McCracken talking about Bill James writings